Garment-supporter



(No Model.)

H. N. ELLIOTT, E. L. BEMIS & B. L. WARD GARMENT SUPPORTER.

No.-495,154. Pa tentedApr. 11,1893.

' NHED STATES PATENT muse.

HENRY N. ELLIOTT, EDWIN L. BEMIS, AND EDWIN L. WARD, OF LOS ANGELES,CALIFORNIA.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 495,154, dated April11, 1893.

Application filed February 2, 1893- Serial No.460,'729. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY N. ELLIOTT, EDWIN L. BEMIS, and EDWIN L.WARD, citizens of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in thecounty of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new anduseful Garment-Supporter, of which the following is a specification.

This invention" relates to garment-supporters, and has for its object toprovide a device of the character set forth that may be attached to thebuttons on the waistband of trousers to support the under garments inplace, or connected to the suspenders for the same purpose andalso to beused as a stocking supporter.

The invention consists of the construction and arrangement of the partsas will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvedsupporter, showing a piece of fabric in locked connection therewith.Fig. 2 is a similar view with the fabric removed and the parts of thedevice shown open. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the parts of the devicedisconnected from each other.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1,

designates the back-plate, having an opening 2 at the upper end thereof,to which may be fastened a strap 3 with a button hole therein, or anyother form of strap with which the device may be employed. Intermediateof the ends of said back-plate 1 earst are struck up from the oppositeedges thereof and provided with apertures, and the lower end of the saidplate is reduced in width and formed with a downwardly bent outwardlyextending tongue 6, having an outer flat surface 7, adjacent to the endthereof. A locking-plate 8 is provided and formed with an inwardlybentupper end having short pintles 9 that are fitted movably into the saidears 4:, to serve as a hinge connection between the said locking-plateand back-plate. The said locking-plate is free to swing to and from theback-plate and has an opening 10 therein through which freely passes thetongue 6, of the said plate 1. The upper portion of the locking-plate 8,adjacent to the hinge thereof, is slightly struck outward to form aprotuberance 11, and the lower edge adjacent to one side of the centeris provided with a stop lug or lip 12. said locking-plate is pivotallysecured a keeper 18, that has its pivot let located at about the centerof the lower part of the said locking plate, but the .metal of the saidkeeper is extended beyond the said pivot, as at 15, that forms acam-like projection extending underor back of the tongue 6, and preventsthe said tongue from passing through the opening in the locking-platewhen the said keeper is thrown over to bear on the said locking-plate,and thereby also holds the fabric engaged by the device from becomingaccidentally disengaged therefrom. The said keeper is also formed withan obliquely-arranged curved slot 16, entering from one side thereof,and also with an opening 17 in the upper end thereof, through which theprotuberance 11 projects to temporarily assist in holding the saidkeeper over on the lockingplate. It will be seen that the curved slot 16permits the keeper to be turned over on the locking-plate withoutcontacting with the outwardly-projecting portion of the tongue 6.

In operation, the keeper is released from contact and engagement withthe lockingplate and thrown back, as shown in Fig. 2. The saidlocking-plate is then thrown out ward from the back-plate 1 so as topermit the tongue to be applied against the inner or under surface ofthe fabric or part of a garment to be connected to the device. The saidlocking-plate is then pressed downward or inward against the back-plate,when the tongue 6 will push the fabric through the opening 10 of thelocking-plate, and the keeper is then brought to bear upon thelocking-plate, as shown in Fig. 1, when the fabric or garment will betightly held in connection with the supporter. In releasing the fabricor garment, the keeper is thrown to one side, as shown in Fig. 2, andthe locking-plate drawn outward or upward from the backplate when thefabric can be readily disengaged by merely slipping the tonguetherefrom. It will be seen that the fiat portion of the tongue, as at 7,prevents puncturing the To the lower portion of the fabric or garment towhich the device is applied. I

The device entire is constructed from suitable sheet metal by means ofsuitable stamping dies, or otherwise, and may be suitably adorned orembellished by designs of a suitable character. It will also beunderstood that the device may be made in varying sizes to suitdiiferent purposes, and owing to its simplicity of construction iscomparatively 2. In a garment supporter, the combination of a back-platehaving a forwardly projecting tongue at its lower end, a lockingplatehinged to said back-plate and formed with an opening through which saidtongue is arranged to project, and also having a lug or lip at its loweredge and an outward protuberance at the upper part of same, and a keeperpivotally connected to the lockingplate and arranged to bear against thesaid lug or lip, and having an opening to engage the said protuberance,the said keeper being swung over and under the part of the said tongueadjacent thereto to hold the latter in locked position, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

' HENRY N. ELLIOTT,

EDWIN L. BEMIS. EDWIN L. WARD. Witnesses:

J. S. OLIVER, J. O. OLIVER.

